Shining light on cosmogenic axions with neutrino experiments
Abstract
While most searches for cosmic axions so far focused on their cold relics as (a component of) dark matter, various well-motivated cosmological sources can produce “boosted” axions that remain relativistic today. We demonstrate that existing/upcoming neutrino experiments such as Super-Kamiokande, Hyper-Kamiokande, DUNE, JUNO, and IceCube can probe such energetic axion relics. The characteristic signature is the monoenergetic single photon signal from axion absorption induced by the axion-photon coupling. This proposal offers to cover parameter ranges complementary to existing axion searches and provides new opportunities for discovery with neutrino facilities.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Science Foundation (NSF); Simons Foundation
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1906239
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1900239
- Report Number(s):
- UCI-HEP-TR-2022-12; FERMILAB-PUB-22-883-T; arXiv:2207.13107
Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010; PRVDAQ; 115024
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0008541; AC02-07CH11359; PHY-1915005; PHY-2210283; 623683; PHY-1748958; PHY-1607611
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review D
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Volume: 106 Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
Citation Formats
Cui, Yanou, Kuo, Jui-Lin, Pradler, Josef, and Tsai, Yu-Dai. Shining light on cosmogenic axions with neutrino experiments. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.106.115024.
Cui, Yanou, Kuo, Jui-Lin, Pradler, Josef, & Tsai, Yu-Dai. Shining light on cosmogenic axions with neutrino experiments. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.106.115024
Cui, Yanou, Kuo, Jui-Lin, Pradler, Josef, and Tsai, Yu-Dai. Wed .
"Shining light on cosmogenic axions with neutrino experiments". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.106.115024.
@article{osti_1906239,
title = {Shining light on cosmogenic axions with neutrino experiments},
author = {Cui, Yanou and Kuo, Jui-Lin and Pradler, Josef and Tsai, Yu-Dai},
abstractNote = {While most searches for cosmic axions so far focused on their cold relics as (a component of) dark matter, various well-motivated cosmological sources can produce “boosted” axions that remain relativistic today. We demonstrate that existing/upcoming neutrino experiments such as Super-Kamiokande, Hyper-Kamiokande, DUNE, JUNO, and IceCube can probe such energetic axion relics. The characteristic signature is the monoenergetic single photon signal from axion absorption induced by the axion-photon coupling. This proposal offers to cover parameter ranges complementary to existing axion searches and provides new opportunities for discovery with neutrino facilities.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.106.115024},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 11,
volume = 106,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Dec 21 00:00:00 EST 2022},
month = {Wed Dec 21 00:00:00 EST 2022}
}
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